Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-03-03

The time has arrived SO fire.
quently spoken of in these columns
when something must be done to
insure our continued and permanent
growth. Let every citizen do all in
his power to improve his town Ito
bring its interests up to standard
that viii inure to the good of all.
Let no opportunity slip that will In
any way contribute to the manufac-
turing and mechanical interests
among us. The fact that each citi-
zen will have something to pay to
secure the benefits of healthy man
ufacturing interest, is no more than
every locality that now boasts Of
this in eutenso has been compelled
to do. Its commencement always
costs money; but once started, the
broom factory brings the planning
mill, the wagon and carriage facto-
ry, the starch factory, the oil mill,
and so on, each attracting the other
until that town or city becomes the
scene Of the most diversified and in
tense activity, the hum of its man.
ufacturing wheels attracting capital
and labor to investment and settle
ment in your midst. As the years
roll on you find the trifiing sums
paid out in the commencement of
this struggle for mechanical prom
inence, returning to you in more
than the utmost scriptural ratio Of
per cent-''an hundred fold" When
therefore, you are called upon to as
sist in placing any new manufacrur
ing interest on its feet, don't hesl-
tate because it costs you something,
and thus loose five times as much as
you would give, in losing that in
terest. In all cities and towns
where there are large manufactures
the commencement of them has
always been brought about by the
well-directed efforts of their citizens
and their capital IN the outset. If
the prosperity of one place, with no
better facilities than ours, has be-
come the wonder Of the whole coun-
try and has rendered il tht lap into
which the wealth Of vast sections
has poured, is it not fair to reason
that what they could accomplish in
this direction, so can Webster
Hence, we say, let business men
watch for opportunities that will
build ups town here, the prosperity
which no competing railroad towns
can break. Now is the time to ac-
complish this while we are yet in
our infancy, that ours may always
be a steady, continuous growth.
Don't fold your hands and say, let
manufacturing interests start as |
did, for if you do manufactures will
go where people are willing to risk
something to insure good dividend
in the future on the capital so in
vested. This is an important mat
ter. We should go to work and try
to get a machine and repair shop
and an oil, rope and Irvine mill-we
can have them if We only try. Shall
we try?
Items of news or gossip that
may not seem of interest to You be-
cause of their familiarity, are yalu-
able to US to send to others, and
items from others we will send to
you. Thus giving each all the news
Deaths, marriages, Opponents, re-
movals, sales of property, etc., viii
be welcome. II any new conner ar
rives, let us know about him; any
disease among the people or stock,
crimes or accidents; meetings, poll,
teal, religious, social or secular;
condition of crops; large yields, new
building or substantial improve
ments being made; in fact anything
that happens which you hear let us
know. Never mind the style, send
MS facts in your own way and we
will consider it q favor to be re-
membered and reciprocated.
I'm their grief over the disap-
| pearance OF union soldiers from the
senate, the democrats should re-
member that, though they have had
1 many chances they have never put
one there, and that at every oppor-
tunity they have elected either q
northern copperhead or an ex-rebel.
Every union soldier who has repre-
sented state in the senate has beeu
sent there by the republicans.
We call attention to the special
announcing the confession of the
fellow who murdered Witherel, last
October, near Bristol, which appears
on this page. For cold blooded,
fiendish atrocity, it has no superior
in the annels OF crime. Read it.